[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 111 (Monday, June 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 39782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14531]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4046]


Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Genesis: Ideas of Origin in African Sculpture''

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: 
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 
(79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 
1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 
Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 
236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby determine that the 
objects to be included in the exhibition ``Genesis: Ideas of Origin in 
African Sculpture,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition 
within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are 
imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign owners. I also 
determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY from on or about November 18, 
2002 to on or about April 13, 2003, and at possible additional venues 
yet to be determined, is in the national interest. Public Notice of 
these Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal 
Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, contact Carol 
B. Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department 
of State, (telephone: 202/619-6981). The address is Department of 
State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: June 3, 2002.
Patricia S. Harrison,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 02-14531 Filed 6-7-02; 8:45 am]
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